Spatio-temporal dynamics of a pulsed microwave argon plasma: Ignition and afterglow

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Carbone, Emile ^a,b   Sadeghi, Nader ^a   Vos, Erik ^b   Hübner, Simon ^b   Van Veldhuizen, Eddie ^b   Van Dijk, Jan ^b   Nijdam, Sander ^b   Kroesen, Gerrit ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

laser diode absorption spectroscopy; microwave plasmas; optical emission spectroscopy; pulsed plasmas; spatio temporal dynamics; Thomson scattering

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARGON LASERS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PULSED LASERS;

HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; MICROWAVE PLASMA; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; PULSED PLASMA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL BEHAVIORS; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THOMSON SCATTERING;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84921822386     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/24/1/015015     Document Type: Article

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